Latest news with reference to the {joint Sino-Japanese investigations unto the recent fracas indicates that fresh dispute has crept between the; Chinese and the Japanese delegates. On one hand, the Chinese say that the Foochow incident should not be mixed with the present anti-Japanese boycott movement in the various provinces which is so wide that it cannot be suppressed by any forceful means either through Japan or China, while on the other, Mr. Matsuka maintains that the boycott is the root of all Sino-Japanese incidents and troubles so that unless it be suppressed effectively this time through the joint efforts of the Chinese and the apanese delegates, there will surely be fresh incidents not only in Foochow but also in other cities. There is no doubt now that our Japanese friends wish to solve the boycott issue once and for all this time and they are pressing both Peking and the provinces to attain this end, in view of the heavy loss suffered by certain Japanese' and Chinese who deal with Japanese. Hence it will take a rather long time to finish the Foochow investigations, Sino-Japanese views are widely divergent at present. As a matter lof fact. the Chinese government authorities not only in this province but also in other provinces are quite helpless and powerless in the suppression of the anti-Jananese boycott, movements, though they are perfectly willing to do so under orders from Peking.
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